Guest blog written By Chris McEntee, Executive Director/CEO at AGU AGU is a global community of 60,000 Earth and space scientists. They are celebrating their Centennial year reflecting on past accomplishments and looking to the future to transform and improve...

Earlier this month, the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii recorded carbon dioxide levels that surpassed 415 parts per million. That’s the highest level in recorded human history. As the potentially devastating impacts from carbon-fueled climate change loom, many cities and...

ASHRAE announced details today on its new global headquarters in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, a 66,700-square-foot building renovation to net-zero energy performance. Check out ashrae.org/newhq for updates on progress through to the anticipated opening in October 2020. “We are excited to...

Getting to zero energy and zero carbon buildings at scale begs the question: What are the technology priorities and gaps to achieving successful projects, and where is further investment needed? That is the subject of an extensive study analyzing technology...

This blog was originally posted by Rocky Mountain Institute on May 6, 2019. Oakland, CA (May 6, 2019) — Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) today announced a national partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the California Energy Commission (CEC)...

Every year, New Buildings Institute (NBI) digs into its extensive Getting to Zero Buildings Database and analyzes the information collected from thousands of low-energy projects across the United States and Canada in order to offer the market an official count...

Published by Business Wire: A new report from Navigant Research, the global zero net energy (ZNE) is anticipated to rise at a compound annual growth rate of 28% in the next decade. The nascent trend is gaining popularity among policymakers...

Residential efficiency programs with ultra-low energy and even zero energy targets are gaining steam across the country with National Grid being one of the latest utility efficiency programs to announce a pilot for net zero energy (NZE) ready homes. This...

NYSERDA announces grand opening of Solara Apartments net-zero residential building Providing $15 million to support net-zero buildings, large campuses and communities through the Net-Zero Energy for Economic Development Program Supports Governor’s Green New Deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40%...

This blog was written by Cara Carmichael, Principal at Rocky Mountain Institute. I was recently asked by the director of sustainability of a major corporation, “What’s beyond LEED Platinum and net zero energy?” I was excited by her question, not only...